Lot
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A VERY RARE GERMAN MINIATURE INFANTRY HALF-ARMOUR; AND A MINIATURE ENGRAVED IRON HELMET IN ITALIAN HIGH RENAISSANCE STYLE

EARLY 17TH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY

Price realisedEUR 4,750

EstimateEUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000

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A VERY RARE GERMAN MINIATURE INFANTRY HALF-ARMOUR; AND A MINIATURE ENGRAVED IRON HELMET IN ITALIAN HIGH RENAISSANCE STYLE
EARLY 17TH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY
Comprising 'almain collar' of three hinged neck plates front and rear, and spaulders each of five articulated lames, matching breast-plate and back plate, each with articulated skirt, the frontal skirt carrying tassets, with cowters, lower cannons and a pair of gauntlets: on a stand together with a 19th century burgonet in early 17th century style; and the miniature helmet modelled on the so-called antique style and engraved with monsters and figures from Roman mythology, the details picked out in brass
The miniature helmet: 6 cm. (2)

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